What has Changed with Speech Codes (New Hampshire OOD Facilities)

MSB was recently made aware that a notice was sent to NH Medicaid to School Providers indicating that some retroactive changes have been made to speech
evaluation and consult codes.

The changes involve the expiration of the speech evaluation/consult procedure code 92506 – Evaluation of speech, language, voice communication and /or auditory processing (use for evaluation and re-evaluation). This change is effective December 31, 2013, which means this code can no longer be used by speech providers for evaluation/consult dates of January 1, 2014 and later.

The changes also involve the addition of four new, more specific speech evaluation procedure codes effective 1/1/2014. These codes must be used for speech evaluations dated January 1, 2014 and later. MSB has created new Speech Transaction Logs (this will be a link to our new log that we will develop) to reflect these changes. Per the notice, the new consult code will be provided in the near future, and at that time, we will update our transaction logs.